by Charbel Lebbos | Oct 26, 2022 | Arab News
A planned visit by a Lebanese delegation to Damascus this week was on Monday cancelled by Syria’s government, Reuters has reported. The meeting had been set up to discuss delineating the two countries shared maritime border. But on Monday the Syrian...
by Charbel Lebbos | Oct 26, 2022 | Arab Economy, Arab News
Israel on Tuesday gave London-listed Energean permission to begin producing gas from Karish, an offshore field at the heart of a maritime border agreement about to be signed with Lebanon. A statement from the energy ministry said they “gave Energean the approval to...
by Charbel Lebbos | Oct 24, 2022 | Arab Economy, Arab News
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a number of petitions that could have delayed a historic US-mediated maritime border agreement with Lebanon, which Washington predicted could be finalised on Thursday. Four groups, including an Israeli opposition MP, had...
by Charbel Lebbos | Oct 24, 2022 | Arab News
The presidents of Lebanon and Syria have met to discuss delineating the maritime border between the countries, a week after a landmark Lebanon-Israel deal on a disputed boundary in the Mediterranean. The meeting comes before a visit by a Lebanese delegation to...
by Charbel Lebbos | Oct 23, 2022 | Arab News, Health
Cholera is spreading rapidly in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry has warned as two more deaths and 80 more cases were reported in 48 hours. It brings the death toll to five and total cases to 169 since the country’s first cholera outbreak in 30 years...
by Charbel Lebbos | Oct 23, 2022 | Arab News
Lebanese politicians failed for a third time to elect the country’s next president on Thursday with no candidate receiving enough votes, only 11 days before the term of incumbent Michel Aoun ends. Parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said the next election session...
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